Nutcracker.



No. 888,738. I PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

- F. E. PROOTOR.

NUTORAUKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22,1906.

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FRANK E. PROGTOR, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 22, 1906.Serial No. 33 1,638.

Patented May 28, 1908 To all whom it may concern? Be itknown that I,FRANK E. Pnooron,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Ra ids, in the countyof Kent and State of ichigan, have invented a new and useful 1m rovementin a Nutcracker, of which the ollowlng 1s a specification.

I This invention relates to nut crackers and .more particularly tocombined nut crackers and picks, .the object being to provide a crackerso constructed that the nut will be cut so that the meat can be readilytaken out in two pieces.

Another object of my invention is to provide the cracker with a knifeadapted to cut the end of the nut off, before they are cut lon itudinally in half.

i ith these objects in view, the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction,

hereinafter. fully described and pointed out in the claims.

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the leverA, adjacent the bifurcated ends In the drawings forming a partof this specification:-Fig1ire i is aside view of my improved cracker.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the lever conveying the cutters. Fig.- 3 isa top plan yiew of the lever forming the base.

'Fig. e is a section taken on the line 4-4 of i Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, A and B indicate apair of levers rovided withbifurcated ends A, B, in whic the apertured ends of a flat curved metallink C, is pivoted connecting the levers together.

Thelevers are provided withbandle poris a section taken on lines tionsA", B having reduced shar ened curved ends A B forming picks W 'ch canbe readily used for'removing the nieatfrom the A series of ridges A, areformed on forming a base upon which the nut is ada ted to rest tobe'cut. The lever B, is provi ed with a serrated knife B, adjacent thehendie-portion which extends out to one side of the base when the leversare brought together adapted to cut the ends of the nuts 'be readilytakenout in two whole pieces without any waste at all.

Hav'in thus fully describedmy invention, what 1 c aim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the kind described, the

combination with a pair of levers 'pivotally connected together, of aknife extending out to one side of the longitudinal side of one of saidlevers a series of ridges formed on the other lever and a knife edgeformed on the lever pose escribed.

2. A nut cracker comprising a vers having bifurcated ends, alin air oflepivoted in said ends connecting said levers, one of said levers havinga series of ridges thereon, the other lever having a serrated cuttingedge thereon, and a knife formed on the lever provided with the cuttingedge, for the purpose described.

3. Anut cracker comprising a pair of lee ver's pivotally connectedtogether, one. of

said levers being provided with a series of ridges, the other leverbeing provided with n. cutting edge and a serrated cutter secured to thelevers with the cutting edge pro'ecting' above thefirst named cuttingedge or the purpose described. l FRANK n. rsocron.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. Row, V. C. Rowe.

rovided with the knife, for the pur-

